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hello ,
suddenly my s2 won't read any sim card and it's always on flight mode ! i tried to restart the phone and it didn't work , also tried to take the battery and the sim card off for a while and it didn't work also , i did factory reset still nothing.
- the sim card worked normally on another phone
- the phone is running on android 2.3.5 because we didn't get the ICS in the middle east for some reason.
- the phone is not rooted.
- kies doesn't recognize the phone anymore .
so how do i make it work ?
and sorry for the bad English because I'm not a native speaker .
kak2a2 said:
- the phone is running on android 3.5.5 because we didn't get the ICS in the middle east for some reason.
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I'm impressed that you managed to get Honeycomb working on it.
oinkylicious said:
I'm impressed that you managed to get Honeycomb working on it.
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sorry i mean 2.3.5
I'm pretty sure you EFS folder is messed up. There is a guide in general to recover it altrough most likely it won't. Other way is to contact xda member odia, I think he can recover it.
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Do one more factory restore but this time without Sim card and SD card.
Use the dial code to wipe.
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Check first your IMEI is correct .
What do you mean by not read sim card network or you cannot read the data on the sim contacts etc .
jje
atifsh said:
Do one more factory restore but this time without Sim card and SD card.
Use the dial code to wipe.
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didn't work , thanks for trying
JJEgan said:
Check first your IMEI is correct .
What do you mean by not read sim card network or you cannot read the data on the sim contacts etc .
jje
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the network doesn't work and i can't show the data , it basically tells me to "insert the sim card" so it's like the sim is not even in the phone at all.
kak2a2 said:
the network doesn't work and i can't show the data , it basically tells me to "insert the sim card" so it's like the sim is not even in the phone at all.
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Then it may not be you efs folder (IMEI!) becoming corrupted after all! Try cleaning the contacts on your sim & inside your phone & make sure none of the pins are bent or broken internally also, then try somebody elses sim card in your phone first before replacing your own! If your sim works in another phone then it's got to be something to do with the contacts/pins, as you haven't flashed your phone or anything to corrupt stuff in the first place!!
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Then it may not be you efs folder (IMEI!) becoming corrupted after all! Try cleaning the contacts on your sim & inside your phone & make sure none of the pins are bent or broken internally also, then try somebody elses sim card in your phone first before replacing your own! If your sim works in another phone then it's got to be something to do with the contacts/pins, as you haven't flashed your phone or anything to corrupt stuff in the first place!!
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my friend fixed it for me and he said yes the problem was in the IMEI . thanks for the help guys
Annoyed with Android
I have the exact same symptoms except I did not play around with any software updates or “internal settings”. The memory on my phone was filled with photos I took over the weekend and some apps refused to start up because of the lack of memory. Probably the mistake, I took the SD card out to try to read it from my Win 7 notebook, because the “Gallery App” did not want to open to allow me to delete of some images to free up memory. (Well why not, most other equipment allow their SD cards to be read by Windows.)
Whatever the reason the phone is completely stuffed; the SD card is not recognised and that result in no phone connection!! The phone can't be used. This is absolutely ludicrous. One cannot sell equipment that can be made unusable this easily. I can understand maybe losing image/data on the SD card if I took it out, but now the entire phone is useless, and it seems (from other forums too) that it is quite a process to get the so-called IEMI folder back. I am really frustrated at this point and have a real annoyance with Android. Judging from the amount of hits returned after a Google search, this SD card problem is a fairly common one. I am not going to fix this; will rather get a new phone, one that works, and it will not be an Android phone. Yes I know hardcore Andriod followers will be all over my post, but just think a bit, this kind of problem should not happen and is really nonsense
(PS: People that moan about multiple postings, can't you just answer the question, even if there is another similar thread, do you have to nit pick on everything.)
Pierre9 said:
I have the exact same symptoms except I did not play around with any software updates or “internal settings”. The memory on my phone was filled with photos I took over the weekend and some apps refused to start up becayse of the memory. Probably the mistake, I took the SD card out to try and read it from my Win 7 notebook, because the “Gallery App” did not want to open to allow me to delete of some images to free up memory. (Why not most other equipment allow their SD cards to be rad by Windows.)
Whatever the reason the phone is completely stuffed; the SD card is not recognised and that result in no phone connection!! The phone can't be used. This is absolutely ludicrous. One cannot sell equipment that can be made unusable this easily. I can understand maybe losing image/data on the SD card if I took it out, but now the entire phone is useless, and it seems (from other forums too) that it is quite a process to get the so-called IEMI folder back. I am really frustrated at this point and have a real annoyance with Android. Judging from the amount of hits returned after a Google search, this SD card problem is a fairly common one. I am not going to fix this; will rather get a new phone, one that works, and it will not be an Android phone. Yes I know hardcore Andriod followers will be all over my post, but just think a bit, this is really nonsense
(PS: People that moan about multiple postings, can't you just answer the question, even if there is another similar thread, do you have to nit pick on everything.)
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- There is no need for you to start spamming this thread.
- Ask questions with common sense, that will help you get the much needed assistance.
- There no need for you to threaten anyone. If you are not going to buy Android device again, million more people will still buy it.
- You must understand that, people who give assistance here on XDA, do so without any monetary benefit. It's not your right to be given assistance, it's a privilege.
- Xda just like any other forum/organisation has rules and regulations, you must follow them.
- stop spamming around, it will only make things worse for you.
Peace
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Pierre there is a trading forum on here.Im sure someone could give you £20 for your phone.....since its faulty lol.
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Apologies for the double messages. I tried to fix it numerous times, but it does not seem to take effect.
Jokesy, the fact people don’t get paid for commenting here is completely irrelevant; I also have a day job and don’t have 6 hours in the evening to get a phone to make a call. Pointing out severe problems with a product is not spamming.
Pierre9 said:
Apologies for the double messages. I tried to fix it numerous times, but it does not seem to take effect.
Jokesy, the fact people don’t get paid for commenting here is completely irrelevant; I also have a day job and don’t have 6 hours in the evening to get a phone to make a call. Pointing out severe problems with a product is not spamming.
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Posting the same thing 3 or 4 times within 3 minutes and again in another person's thread is indeed spamming.
I'm not if I'd reported you already
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Jokesy you sure are not very observant. You should have noticed the multiple messages were due to an editing problem. Report my post; hopefully an administrator can clear up the extra messages as sure as tax this editor cannot. Do you think for one moment I value membership of a site where some rude one-eyed geeks hang out?
To the $20 guy; the phone is not worth that much. I will probably not come back to this site, so it is pointless, but I would even mail the phone to you in its original box, free of charge, if I could.
could you please tell me how did he fix it? Because I apparently have the same problem!:crying:
Try reflashing stock ROM
And theres ICS for middle east
Go to samfirmware.com and download it
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Interesting...
I am in a similar situation with a t989 phone that doesn´t recognize my simcards.
Some days ago I tried to upgrade my phone to the latest official ICS using ODIN as KIES
was always giving disconnection errors before finishing the upgrade.
Finally I got my phone stuck at the download mode with an error message and a yellow warning triangle.
I thought I had a bricked phone, but fortunately I managed to recover it using an old
official ROM. The problems is that now it doesn´t recognize any simcard inserted.
The current installed software versions are:
Android 2.3.5
Base band: T989UVKID
Kernel version: 2.6.35.11
Compilation number: GINGERBREAD.UVKID
Makrilli said:
I'm pretty sure you EFS folder is messed up. There is a guide in general to recover it altrough most likely it won't. Other way is to contact xda member odia, I think he can recover it.
Sent from my sgs2 running cm9
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my S2 doesn't recognize my sim card
kak2a2 said:
my friend fixed it for me and he said yes the problem was in the IMEI . thanks for the help guys
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Hello please i just read your post and would need your advice, my S2 just stopped recognizing my Sim card yesterday night, i was playing a fast action game on my phone and the phone suddenly went off, when it came back on it did not recognize my Sim card any longer. I tired putting the same Sim in another phone and it worked but when i returned it to mine it still did not recognize my Sim, please can you tell me what to do with regards to this issue?
Have an HTC Amaze 4G that WAS running T-Mobile's stock ICS ROM.
Here's what happened: Successfully Unlocked SIM with code provided by t-mobile.. Decided to go further and successfully unlocked bootloader using HTC's website. Then used Amaze_All-In-One Kit v4.0.1 to successfully flash the Speed ROM 7.9. Everything went fine with just one issue, when phone rebooted I kept getting the "unfortunately com.android.phone service has stopped" message over and over. Tried restarting, tried removing battery, tried removing the SIM card and nothing would make the message go away. The phone kept rebooting fine though, just that annoying error message problem. Then....I made what was apparently a VERY stupid move. I thought maybe it was a SIM card problem (I was grasping at straws, I know) and put in a SIM card I have from France thinking maybe it would ask me to put the SIM unlock code in again. Well, the phone never rebooted again. I had been using that SIM card in it earlier to unlock it so I have no idea why that suddenly happened. Now it's completely dead. No power at all (battery was 100% charged), no lights, and does not respond to holding down the volume down/power button combo to try to get into the bootloader. When I connect it to the computer, the computer makes the sound acknowledging something has been plugged in and a "Found New Hardware" message pops up showing the hardware as "QHSUSB" and asks to install the software, which of course it never manages to do.
So........ is there any hope? Any at all!!??? I'm DESPERATE. I'm in the Los Angeles area, anyone local willing to take a look at it (I don't expect free help) Can anyone fix a brick? Please? :crying:
(Please, I beg of you, be gentle in your responses. I've been searching the site and Googling for answers and things to try and I'm a bit heartbroken at the moment. :crying: Please don't flame me. I'm actually a nice person and generally not a moron...well, not usually at least. All evidence to the contrary today, I now)
Thank you in advance for any help/suggestions or virtual pats on the back telling me it will all be OK while I cry on your virtual shoulder.
Sarah
Sounds like you battery may have died and whatever recovery you're using isn't supporting charging while off. So first thing is first. Verify that your battery isn't dead if it is then find a way to charge it. Then try again.
I would take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25501116
ericdjobs said:
I would take a look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25501116
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ericdjobs: You are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!! That is EXACTLY what I needed!!!! Thank you SO much!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I'm giving you the biggest virtual hug right now!
You're AWESOME! :good:
I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII Model: GT-I9300.
Earlier this week my phone suddenly popped up with the "No Sim" error. I Google searched the issue and found several suggestion such as reformatting the phone to it's defaults, trying to clean the contacts, even to try and stick a piece of paper behind the sim card to try to increase connectivity between the card and the reader. I did all of these things, I read that if none of this fixes it I need to take my phone in for somebody to replace the sim card slot. I did so and the place did not have the international sim port necessary to fit into my phone. However the guy working said he was able to plugin an american sim into the phone, though it did not fit into the designated place. He was able to plug it in and he still got the "no sim" error. He's concluded that it's something beside the sim card's port.
Has anybody heard of this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
losthorn said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy SIII Model: GT-I9300.
Earlier this week my phone suddenly popped up with the "No Sim" error. I Google searched the issue and found several suggestion such as reformatting the phone to it's defaults, trying to clean the contacts, even to try and stick a piece of paper behind the sim card to try to increase connectivity between the card and the reader. I did all of these things, I read that if none of this fixes it I need to take my phone in for somebody to replace the sim card slot. I did so and the place did not have the international sim port necessary to fit into my phone. However the guy working said he was able to plugin an american sim into the phone, though it did not fit into the designated place. He was able to plug it in and he still got the "no sim" error. He's concluded that it's something beside the sim card's port.
Has anybody heard of this? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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what modem are you using?
No Sim error I got when I had cut my Sim wrongly. So maybe even that could be a problem
sent from the state where Marijuana is NOT illegal !
No sim is usually the sim at fault try another .
jje
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I don't understand the question "which modem". It is a stock UK Galaxy S3 that has been restored to factory.
The sim card has not been "cut" and worked perfectly for 6 months in this phone and still works my old iPhone.
I have purchased a replacement SIM/SD module off of Amazon, replaced the original and still get the same problem.
The phone boots normally, the screen responds normally...just no sim card detected.
Thanks for your responses.
Any other ideas?
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I don't understand the question "which modem".
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Settings > About phone (Screenshot)
Very Helpful
rootSU said:
Settings > About phone (Screenshot)
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So before asking for clarification of a responding post on a FORUM, you feel that I should read 22 posts about dozens of unrelated issues? I guess I've mixed up the definitions of FORUM and Wikipedia. I'm not wanting to learn to rebuild, root, or tweak the phone. I just want it to perform as it was intended. I did use Google to thoroughly search the Internet for the issues that I am having. I reviewed every link that related to the issue. I found none that addressed my question and further, did not find one on XDA that answered it either. Your direction to the FAQ does nothing to further the resolution of my issue.
If you are the Forum Police and are trying to save space on the FORUM
[fo·rum
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Noun
A meeting or medium where ideas and views on a particular issue can be exchanged.
An Internet message board.]
maybe you should think for hitting the return key and interfering with the exchange of ideas.
losthorn said:
So before asking for clarification of a responding post on a FORUM, you feel that I should read 22 posts about dozens of unrelated issues? I guess I've mixed up the definitions of FORUM and Wikipedia. I'm not wanting to learn to rebuild, root, or tweak the phone. I just want it to perform as it was intended. I did use Google to thoroughly search the Internet for the issues that I am having. I reviewed every link that related to the issue. I found none that addressed my question and further, did not find one on XDA that answered it either. Your direction to the FAQ does nothing to further the resolution of my issue.
If you are the Forum Police and are trying to save space on the FORUM
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maybe you should think for hitting the return key and interfering with the exchange of ideas.
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WTF are you talking about? I asked you for a screenshot
Idiot.
EDIT> Anyway, this is a development forum, not a help forum. People who come here are people who modify their phones and if they have a problem with their phones, they most definitely should have read the stickies first, because chances are, their question was not the first time that that question would have been asked.
My apologies
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WTF are you talking about? I asked you for a screenshot
Idiot.
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I thought your signature block message was directed at me. I suspect that anyone that view your signature block might make the same mistake. The large print and use of color cause your message to be lost in the clutter.
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I thought your signature block message was directed at me. I suspect that anyone that view your signature block might make the same mistake. The large print and use of color cause your message to be lost in the clutter.
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Only you
Anyway, good luck.
Hi all,
I'm new to this site and am kinda desperate.... I have trouble with my SGH-i717... whenever sim card is in, the device keeps rebooting.... I tried changing the whole sim card reader and no effect on the problem.... Device is now rooted (did it with odin) still no effect... I also tried sim card in other device and it works fine.... Running out of idea here and I'm kinda noob with this... Phone juste came out of warranty by the way and still stuck with 1 and a half year on my damm contract.. So I'll have to buy new phone or pay a 400$ penality for breaking contratc... dammit !!!!
:crying::crying::crying::crying:
Also, the phone has to be kept plugged in (to computer or wall plug) otherwise it keeps rebooting even when sim card is not in...
take a look at this thread if you haven't tried searching. I know you are new and probably looking for any fix. you cant panic here. your going to have to search and read.
in the thread I posted, or any thread, pay attention to the stats of some of the folks posting. you may pay attention to some of the more experienced folks.
I don't know some of the specifics as you did not mention. many factors come into play. you will see talk of what carrier..... it is important
what rom are you currently running or have installed?
how clean is your process of flashing?
how experience are you?
some in the thread are talking about modem......as one posted, "changing your modem is not going to fix problem", he is correct.
I have ran into many problems, only saw SIM message show when I had no SIM in phone. always the failsafe solution has been returning to stock and start over.
you would not be the first person to rush off and think, "im flashing my phone, look at me, im cool". doesn't work like that.
I have always been the more cautious one. I read and make sure I understand. I have all my files in place. heck, I have evan rehearsed the process.
sound stupid???
maybe so, but I have yet to have a problem I couldn't figure out.
could be a "fix permissions" issue
could be a "format system" issue
some developers have specific instruction for flashing their rom, any deviation could cause a myriad of problems.
again, look at experience levels of some of the posters.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2260171
keep us informed as people are reading, but you haven't given any specifics. you have told us what your problem is and what you need fixed, but didn't tell us how you got there.
need that if you want help
Hi!
I have come to this forum many times for solutions to problems with my cell phones. And I did check for other similar issues to this, but since my situation is not exactly the same as the other posting I found on this topic, I wanted to ask for help with my specific issue.
Anyway, after going through a year of problems with my HTC Desire my b/f got me a Galaxy S3 for my birthday, (GT19300). It takes a micro-Sim which my old phone didn't so I cut down my old Sim and tried it in the Galaxy. All I could get was a message "No Sim card-Insert Sim Card." Naturally I figured an easy solution would be get a new Sim. My carrier is AT$T. I didn't want to go through the hassle of going to an AT$T store for a new micro-Sim and get bullied into a data plan etc. So I got a new regular sim from AT$T and cut it down, it fits perfectly. (I know the Sim card is fine because I tried it in another OLD crappy phone I have that takes a micro-Sim). However, in the Galaxy it just keeps having the same problem: "No Sim card/Insert Sim."
I've tried clearing the cache, I've tried updating, done factory restores, I've tried removing the batt and Sim etc, all the "easy" solutions, nothing has worked. I've tried the solutions posted on various threads here, nothing.
My b/f assures me the phone is unlocked since he did that himself before he gave it to me. I don't know if he tried using the phone or not, but I presume he did. So i don't see how the phone could still be locked.. And from what I've read IF the phone were still locked there would be a different message in regards to the Sim. Everything works on the phone just fine, EXCEPT it will not recognize a Sim card at all.
I read on another forum that Galaxy S3 users were having a lot of issues with their rooted phones that disappeared after they unrooted, soooo, if this is happening because my phone is still rooted, than obviously I don't really have a choice if I want to actually use this phone for something other than taking nice photos. Could the fact it's still a rooted phone be why it will not recognize a Sim??
Does anyone have any suggestions I can try to solve this problem? I have a feeling it's either a very easy fix or a major pain in the *bleep*. But either way, this is driving me crazy trying to solve the problem. I'd LOVE to be able to use this phone especially after my b/f paid good money for it, not to mention I've made-do with the HTC I had and all the issues it had for over a year.
Any ideas, tips, or suggestions would be most appreciated!
Thank you to anyone who replies!!!!!
*I originally posted posted this in the wrong forum, thanks Audit!
First try a full wipe and flash latest stock with odin. Next replace the sim reader.
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boomboomer said:
First try a full wipe and flash latest stock with odin. Next replace the sim reader.
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Boom,
Thank you for the reply. I will try your suggestions. I take it this is a very common problem from what I've been reading. Though I cannot find a precise answer to what it could be. So I'll try your ideas for sure.
* I certainly hope your "signature" isn't referring to my post. I DID indeed look through the questions/threads/posts here before I posted. I spent probably 5 hours checking around for an answer... IF you are referring to my question, dude you just offended me terribly...I get where you're coming from though, but people just won't take the time to read through and look for answers before posting, it's that way on pretty much all forums, at least all the ones I've been on and that's A LOT. And if you read my post thoroughly you would have seen that I did mention searching through threads here and elsewhere before I posted.
No, my signature is not aimed at you -the words are from another user, but describe around 80% of the threads created here.
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